Young Heads Take Example Of The Ancient

There Is A Close Tie Of Affection Between Sovereigns And Their Subjects; And As Chaste Wives Should Have No Eyes But For Their Husbands, So Faithful Liegemen Should Keep Their Regards At Home And Not Look After Foreign Crowns. For My Part I Like Not For My Sheep To Wear A Stranger's Mark Nor To Dance After A Foreigner's Whistle.

Those Who Appear The Most Sanctified Are The Worst

[to Parliament, When It Urged Her To Marry And Settle The Succession:] You Attend To Your Own Duties And I'll Perform Mine.

I Would Not Open Windows Into Men's Souls.

[when Opposed By Leaders Of Her Council:] I Will Make You Shorter By The Head!